Excerpt from Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, &C, , Vol. 2 of 2: During the Years 1812 and 1813Our party, in leaving Larissa, was further in creased by a Dervish travelling to Salonica, and by another Turk who was taking the same route. The Dervish belonged, as I believe, to the class of these religieuw called the Bektashis: his dress was that most common among the Dervishes, - a long cloke made of coarse white woollen, and on his head a tall white cap, in form nearly resembling that worn by the Tartars. His beard was of te markable length: though sanctified by his chap racter, he wore pistols in his girdle while over his shoulders was suspended a long leathern case con taining the musical instrument called a mandolin, which we afterwards found to be a most important part of his travelling equipage. Though his terior had something of uncouth wildness, his manner was gay, good-humoured, and civil, he seemed to court an intercourse with us, and sought to beguile the way by the chaunting of Turkish songs, a species of music which more engaged the ear by loudness than by harmony.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.